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ChatGPT dots vs Instinct
Facts only, side by side. Listed as alternatives to each other. No winner: which one fits depends on your country, plan and what you need it to do.
Facts checked up to
ChatGPT dots : Limited rollout in about 176 countries, not in 9 of the 25 countries we track (8 of them on ChatGPT Business Premium) , From $100/mo (ChatGPT Pro) , iOS, Android, Web, Windows, macOS, Slack
Instinct : Waitlist · no country list published , No plan listed , Web, macOS
Main differences (from vendor pages)
| Fact | ChatGPT dots | Instinct |
|---|---|---|
| Price | From $100/mo (ChatGPT Pro) | No plan listed |
| Where | Limited rollout in about 176 countries, not in 9 of the 25 countries we track (8 of them on ChatGPT Business Premium) | Waitlist with no country list published |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Web, Windows, macOS, Slack | Web, macOS |
| Yes | — | |
| Calendar | Yes | — |
| Files | Yes | — |
Access
10 rows| Fact | ChatGPT dots | Instinct |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | ChatGPT dots: OpenAI openai.com | Instinct: Instinct (Spear Street Technology) instinct.com |
| Kind | ChatGPT dots: Always-on agent | Instinct: Always-on agent |
| Status | ChatGPT dots: Limited rollout Rolling out gradually to Pro and Business Premium; beta for Enterprise/Edu/Healthcare when an admin enables it. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Waitlist Invite-only early access. The terms mention "a welcome text when your spot becomes available" and "waitlist updates"; the Oct 5, 2026 group-chat post says features roll out to early access users first and "to everyone soon". instinct.com · checked |
| Launched | ChatGPT dots: Sep 29, 2026 openai.com · checked | Instinct: Aug 26, 2026 x.com · checked |
| Where | ChatGPT dots: About 176 countries (ChatGPT's supported list minus the Pro exclusions (EEA, UK, Switzerland)), not in 9 of the 25 countries we track (8 of them on ChatGPT Business Premium) See all 176Afghanistan, Åland Islands, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Réunion, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé & Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Barthélemy, St. Helena, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Pierre & Miquelon, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Vietnam, Wallis & Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Excluded | ChatGPT dots: 32 countries European Economic Area, Switzerland and the UK (Pro plan). See all 32Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Instinct: None stated |
| Platforms | ChatGPT dots: iOS, Android, Web, Windows, macOS, Slack help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Web, macOS instinct.com · checked |
| Requires | ChatGPT dots: ChatGPT Pro or Business Premium (Enterprise beta if admin enables) help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: An early access invitation (invite-only beta) and a phone number for sign-in codes x.com · checked |
| Minimum age | ChatGPT dots: 18+ help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: 18+ instinct.com · checked |
| Price from | ChatGPT dots: $100/month ChatGPT Pro help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No plan listed |
What it can do
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| Fact | ChatGPT dots | Instinct |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT dots: Yes Can use your connected personal email; no standalone dot email address at launch. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Not stated | |
| Calendar | ChatGPT dots: Yes Example: review your calendar each morning. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Not stated |
| Browses the web | ChatGPT dots: Yes Own cloud computer and browser; you can open it to inspect work. openai.com · checked | Instinct: Yes "It can use a phone and computer in the same way that you do." instinct.com · checked |
| Makes purchases | ChatGPT dots: Yes Can buy using a card already saved on a merchant's website; purchases require your approval (can be given in advance if specific). Transferring money between accounts must be done by you. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Yes Can make purchases on sites you connect and shares your payment method with that site; Instinct itself does not process the payment. Homepage examples: order groceries, send flowers. instinct.com · checked |
| Files | ChatGPT dots: Yes Creates files on its own cloud computer; optional access to files on your own computer via the desktop app, off by default. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Not stated |
| Writes / runs code | ChatGPT dots: Yes Can write and test code and create Codex cloud tasks. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Not stated |
| Messages you first | ChatGPT dots: Yes Reminders, recurring checks (e.g. a morning calendar review) and unprompted suggestions arrive in the dot's conversation; a limited US Pro texting beta can text you. It cannot call you at launch. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Not stated |
| Memory | ChatGPT dots: Yes Receives ChatGPT memories and creates its own. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Not stated |
| Multiple agents | ChatGPT dots: Partly Dots can delegate work to other agents; OpenAI envisions teams of dots in future. openai.com · checked | Instinct: Yes Group chats (Oct 5, 2026, early access): a separate group Instinct works for the whole chat; your personal Instinct asks before connecting to it and before sharing anything. x.com · checked |
| Runs when app is closed | ChatGPT dots: Yes Works toward goals 24/7. openai.com · checked | Instinct: Not stated |
| App connectors | ChatGPT dots: Yes Plugins connect to over 4,000 apps. openai.com · checked | Instinct: Yes Connects third-party accounts (the privacy policy names Google Workspace) and indexes their data; manage them in Instinct's Workspace. instinct.com · checked |
| Voice | ChatGPT dots: Yes You can call your dot from its conversation (phone button); it cannot initiate calls to you at launch. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Yes You can call Instinct as well as text it. instinct.com · checked |
| Books travel | ChatGPT dots: Not stated | Instinct: Yes Homepage example: "book a train home for the weekend". instinct.com · checked |
Safety (as stated by the vendor)
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| Fact | ChatGPT dots | Instinct |
|---|---|---|
| Data it can access | ChatGPT dots: Uses the plugins you connect in ChatGPT (shared with ChatGPT, Work and Codex) within granted permissions, plus optional local computer access once you connect your computer and grant the ChatGPT app camera, microphone or screen permission. Proactive research can read permitted connected sources and save private notes, but cannot send messages, change content through plugins, or control a browser or computer. Manage plugins in the Plugins tab; disconnecting does not delete what the dot already learned. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Instinct indexes data from the accounts you connect and can act on them for you, including signing in with usernames and passwords you give it. Disconnecting an account does not delete what was indexed; delete it at app.instinct.com/workspace. instinct.com · checked |
| Asks before sensitive actions | ChatGPT dots: Yes Changing a password or transferring money requires you to take over; deleting data or installing software may need approval each time; Auto-review checks actions first. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Depends on your settings The terms authorize Instinct to take actions "as the Services may deem are responsive to your Input" and say it "may implement safeguards, confirmation requirements, or other controls on certain Actions" without promising them; you are responsible for configuring extra safeguards. In group chats your personal Instinct checks your permissions before sharing or acting. instinct.com · checked |
| Sees your passwords | ChatGPT dots: No Secure sign-in and saved passwords are kept out of the model's context; passwords you paste into chat or documents are not covered. openai.com · checked | Instinct: Yes The privacy policy gives the example of giving the assistant "your username and password for third-party accounts so that the personal assistant can sign into these accounts on your behalf". instinct.com · checked |
| Trains on your data | ChatGPT dots: Yes, unless you opt out Personal plans: controlled by "Improve the model for everyone" (on by default per Data controls). Business/Enterprise/Edu not used by default. Not trained directly on proactive research notes. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Yes, unless you opt out Materials may be used to train AI models unless you opt out at app.instinct.com/settings; material flagged for safety review may still be used after opt-out. Items you add to the Vault are never used for training. instinct.com · checked |
| Isolation | ChatGPT dots: Each dot has its own sandboxed cloud computer (Linux + Chrome), isolated from other users; your computer stays separate unless you connect it. openai.com · checked | Instinct: Not stated |
| Retention | ChatGPT dots: A dot keeps context from conversations and plugins for as long as you keep it; you cannot view or delete individual dot memories, only delete the whole dot. Files, Codex threads and chats it created are stored separately and are not deleted with it. help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: Not stated |
By country
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| Fact | ChatGPT dots | Instinct |
|---|---|---|
| United States | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Canada | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| United Kingdom | ChatGPT dots: On ChatGPT Business Premium only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Ireland | ChatGPT dots: On ChatGPT Business Premium only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Australia | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| New Zealand | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Germany | ChatGPT dots: On ChatGPT Business Premium only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| France | ChatGPT dots: On ChatGPT Business Premium only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Spain | ChatGPT dots: On ChatGPT Business Premium only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Italy | ChatGPT dots: On ChatGPT Business Premium only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Netherlands | ChatGPT dots: On ChatGPT Business Premium only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Switzerland | ChatGPT dots: On ChatGPT Business Premium only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| India | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Pakistan | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| United Arab Emirates | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| South Africa | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Philippines | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Vietnam | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Indonesia | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Malaysia | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Hong Kong | ChatGPT dots: Not listed help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Singapore | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Japan | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Brazil | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
| Mexico | ChatGPT dots: Paid plan only help.openai.com · checked | Instinct: No country list published instinct.com · checked |
Freshness
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| Fact | ChatGPT dots | Instinct |
|---|---|---|
| Last fact checked | ChatGPT dots: Oct 23, 2026 | Instinct: Oct 23, 2026 |
Full details, FAQ and change history: ChatGPT dots · Instinct. Where sources disagree, both claims are on the agent page.